Rakesh Kumar Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82669 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2022 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Rakesh Kumar Jha son of Akhilesh Jha @ Akhilesh Kumar Jha Resident Of Village -Khariya Basti, Ward No 10, PS- Araria, District -Araria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gopal Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in case registered for the offence punishable under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. At the outset, learned A.P.P. for the State submits that from bare perusal of the impugned order it appears that petitioner has been declared absconder and process of Section 82 of the Cr.P.C. has been initiated against him to ensure his appearance in the Court as such petitioner is not entitled to the relief of anticipatory bail (Lavesh v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2012) 8 SCC 730, State of MP v. Pradeep Sharma (2014) 2 SCC 17, Prem Shankar Prasad v. State of Bihar 2021 SCC OnLine SC 955).

4. Considering the aforesaid development, petition for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82669 of 2025(2) dt.05-01-2026 2/2 pre-arrest bail of petitioner is dismissed as not maintainable. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T